Show rye for live stock rye sometimes used for live stock is not a very satisfactory feeding material if limited to 20 per cent of the ration in dry lot feeding of hogs however rye may be 90 per cent as valuable as corn pound for pound says a writer in wallaces farmer when ground or cracked it also compares fairly well with corn as a feed for beef cattle rye is liked least by horses and best by sheep in the case of it horses it should be coarsely ground or crushed and fed only as part of the ration sheep on the other hand will handle rye as well as the same amount of barley rye used as a live stock feed should contain very little if any ergot the presence of ergot is indicated by purplish abnormal kernels in particular ergott kernels kerne Is should be kept away from pregnant animals |